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When asked to describe Death Cab For Cutie’s sixth studio album, Narrow Stairs, guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Chris Walla characterizes it as “having teeth,” and we can’t think of a more apt summarization of the disc. While many bands in Death Cab For Cutie’s situation would try to recreate the success of hit songs like “Soul Meets Body” or “I Will Follow You Into The Dark,” instead the band have crafted the most ambitious and varied album of their career by simply doing what they’ve been doing since they formed in Bellingham, Washington a decade ago – made a brilliant record that refuses to pander, while stretching the artistic boundaries of what a Death Cab For Cutie record should sound like.

After spending much of 2006 in the midst of a turbulent tour cycle surrounding their RIAA platinum, Grammy-nominated album Plans, the band took a well-deserved break during the first part of 2007. Frontman Ben Gibbard embarked on his first-ever solo tour; guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Chris Walla released a solo album and produced records for acts like Tegan And Sara; drummer Jason McGerr constructed his own recording studio, Two Sticks; and bassist Nick Harmer, as always seems to be the case, worked on various projects. If Plans was a collection of firsts – Death Cab’s first album for a major label; the first disc to feature songwriting contributions from someone other than Gibbard; the first Death Cab disc recorded with the same drummer as the one before – Narrow Stairs feels more like home.

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everyone is either like, 'Oh i heard them in twilight and now i love them!!' or, 'God, i hate these twihards, they only like DCFC since their song was in twishite' i didn't even notice that any DCFC songs were in any twilight movies and i have been a DCFC fan for years and loved twilight since the books. can i be switzerland?? x

You twitards disgust me. DEATH CAB HAD MUCH MORE AMAZING SONGS BEFORE MEET ME ON THE EQUINOX. which is also awesome but yeah, just because you heard one song from Twishite does not mean "Dey r ur fav band eva lol x" Get. A. Grip. that is all :3

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